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Committee advances H 822 on pediatric transitions and parental rights after 13–3 roll call
Summary
H 822, addressing pediatric transitions and parental rights, drew support from conservative advocacy groups and opposition from Boise Universalist Fellowship speakers; the committee passed the DO PASS motion 13–3 after rejecting a substitute motion to hold the bill.
The House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee voted 13–3 to advance H 822, a bill described in the minutes as concerning pediatric transitions and parental rights.
Chairman Skaug presented the bill. Support testimony came from Erin Friday (Our Duty-USA), Kristina Hardy, Matt Sharp (Alliance Defending Freedom), and Edward Clark (Idaho Family Policy Center). Opposition testimony was offered by Nikson Matthews, Melissa Webb, and Sara LaWall of the Boise Universalist Fellowship. Committee members raised a wide range of implementation and scope questions, including definitions of "aggrieved parent" and "parent/legal guardian," notification and reporting obligations tied to changes in a child’s appearance or dress, potential impacts on opt-in sex education, who the bill would cover in child-abuse scenarios, whether fines could be excessive, and how health professionals’ experiences would be treated.
Rep. Hostetler moved for a DO PASS recommendation. Rep. Rubel offered a substitute motion to HOLD the bill; that substitute failed on a roll call (4 AYE, 12 NAY), with Reps. Handy, Gannon, Mathias, and Rubel voting to hold. On the original DO PASS motion, the roll call carried 13 AYE, 3 NAY. Those voting AYE were Reps. Skaug, Alfieri, Scott, Ehardt, Larsen, Garner, Handy, Hawkins, Hill, Hostetler, Pohanka, Shirts, and Stone. Those voting NAY were Reps. Gannon, Mathias, and Rubel. Rep. Skaug will sponsor H 822 on the House floor.
The minutes record extensive committee questioning but do not include bill text or recorded amendments; further detail will be available when the bill reaches the floor.
